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'Every match between Canada and the USA is such a big rivalry for us.'
Canada Women confirmed their second seed ranking for the Rugby World Cup quarter finals with an impressive 29-14 win over USA… to ensure their next game would be against USA.
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“Every match between Canada and the USA is such a big rivalry for us. We take a lot of pride in all of those games.” Captain Sophie de Goede said after the game. “And to have another opportunity to meet up with your ultimate rival is like ‘what more could you ask for?’ So, we’re really looking forward to it and they were incredible in their fight today and their physicality and so we know we’re just going to have to bring the same if not more to the table next week.”
De Goede was also clear on the takeaways from the game to ensure next weekend goes the same way for her team. “We can check all of the boxes on our list. We’ve got all three games wins in our pool with bonus points. So that’s definitely a positive takeaway. And then I think the way that we were able to respond, our set-piece wasn’t fully functioning the way that we’re used to and so I’m really proud of the way that we adapted to the way the game was going and were able to score in different manners.”
Canada coach Kevin Rouet echoed the positive response. “Yeah, there were some good moments today offensively and defensively. I’m pleased about that. But next game we need to do that for 80 minutes and not like a couple of times.
“We knew it was going to be a tough battle and they showed that today. Our set-piece was not great today. We just proposed something else. So, I was pleased with the direction of the girls, but as soon as our set-pieces will be back for our next game, it’s going to be better.
“They have a lot of very good players in this team and when they start to play together, they are very dangerous. So, it took a lot of time to get the possession, but I was pleased with our defence.”
As for the players that caught Rouet’s eye? “For sure Alysha [Corrigan] she gets her first appearance in the Rugby World Cup and plays out the game. So, I was very pleased with her performance. I love the bench coming off as well. It’s just great to see that defensively they step up because people get tired. The wall bench was very great to see.”
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Despite one of their electric backs winning player of the match, Canada’s best weapon has been their driving maul and de Goede thinks it ties the team back to their roots. “It’s something we’ve been working on quite a bit. It’s kind of taking back the roots of that physicality. Where Canadian rugby came from is a strong set-piece, really upfront rugby. And that’s what we’re trying to bring in. If you think about the South African model 2019 Rugby World Cup, a little bit of that. And I think it’s been a really useful tool for us and we can still improve on it for sure. Like I think we saw that a little bit today and so we’ll go back and keep tweaking things so that it can be as close to perfection as possible.”
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The Chiefs definitely didn’t win ugly. They had the superior scrum, a dominant lineout, and their defence was excellent once the Waratahs scored their two tries (thanks to some lucky refereeing calls mind you). They put pressure on the Waratahs lineout throughout the game, and the mind boggles as to why the referee did not award a yellow card or a penalty try against the Waratahs for repeated scrum infringements on their own try line before Narawa’s first try. And the Chiefs were slick with their passing and running angles on attack. It was a dominant performance all round, even with many questionable refereeing decisions.
1 Go to commentsWasnt late. Ref 2 assistants andTMO all saw it so who are you to say it was?
3 Go to commentsAre the Brumbies playing the Blues twice in a row?
3 Go to commentsBig difference from the Saders. Forwards really muscled up and laid a solid platform. Scooter brought some steel and I liked the loosie combination. Newell has been rather disappointing this season but stepped up big time - happy also to see Franks dot down. He should do that more often! Reihana had a good game and there seems to be more flair and invention with him in the saddle. McNicoll plays well from the back and is reliable plus inventive when he joins the line. Keep it up chaps!
3 Go to comments🤦♂️🤣 who cares who’s the best . All I know is the All Blacks have the star coach but have few star players now …
30 Go to commentsJe suis sûr que Farrell est impatient de jouer avec Lopez et Machenaud et d’être entraîné par Collazo… 🤭
1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
1 Go to commentslate hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
3 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusaders , you can keep going.
3 Go to commentsI don't know how the locals feel about that? I guess if you call yourselves the Worcester Wasps that might be appease. But really we need more teams in the Premiership in my view so they are not padding it out as they are at the moment. It might curtail so many players going abroad as well
5 Go to commentsNZ 😭😭😭is certainly rivaling England for best whingers cup!😭😭😭 !!!
30 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
30 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
1 Go to commentsThis just proves that theres always a stat and a metric to use to justify your abilities and your success. Ben did it last week by creating an imaginary competition and now you did the same to counter his argument and espouse a new yardstick for success. Why not just use the current one and lets say the Boks have won 4 world cups making them the most successful world cup team. Outside of the world cup the All Blacks are the most successful team winning countless rugby championships and dominating the rankings with high win percentages. Over the last 4 years statistically the Irish are the best having the highest win rate and also having positive records against every tier 1 side. The most successful Northern team in the game has been England with a world cup title and the most six nations titles in history. The AB’s are the most dominant team in history with the highest win rate and 3 world cups. Lets not try to reinvent the wheel. Just be honest about the actual stats and what each team has been good at doing and that will be enough to define their level of success.
30 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
9 Go to commentsPick Swinton at your peril A liability just like JWH from the Roosters Skelton ??? went missing at RWC
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